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Last week I discovered an enthralling, viral post about an amazingly elaborate scam titled, “I Got Scammed By A Silicon Valley Startup.” To those who haven’t read it yet, it’s worth the estimated 23 minute read (and there’s a happy ending to this as well). Penny Kim’s story made me realize that I’ve yet to feature the topic of online job scams here. This infographic sums up relatively recent (2011-2013) job scam facts and figures. Although I regard the purported unemployment rate with skepticism because I don’t know if unemployed people who’ve given up looking for a job are accounted for (or even how they can be accounted for), the rest of the infographic illustrates the gist of job scams well. Precautionary recommendations follow too! Read more of this post